Shirts and Camisoles in 18th Century Burgos

The availability of shirts and camisoles in eighteenth -century households in Burgos was a marker of social distinction of notable importance within the existing material culture framework. The different socio -professional groups, conditioned by their rank and their wealth, deployed a wide range of behaviours and consumption strategies in which aspects such as the number of treasured pieces, the quality of the available fabrics, and the monetary value of these clothes were taken into account. Particularly significant was the incorporation of camisoles, a garment of French - Bourbon - origin that represented a symbol of modernity, as opposed to the more traditional Castilian shirts associated with the House of Austria.